Jaguars signed former Ravens T Tony Pashos to a five-year contract. Pashos is a solid, if unspectacular, NFL starter. He'll take over as Jacksonville's starter on the right side. Maurice Williams will compete with Khalif Barnes to start at left tackle, but it's a battle Barnes should win. Jacksonville's solid line just got deeper.
http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/030207/jag_pashos.shtml Former Raven on track to join Jaguars Club also signs kicker Scobee to 5-year deal. By MICHAEL C. WRIGHT, The Times-Union The Jaguars are on the verge of their first free-agent signing of 2007, having agreed to terms with former Baltimore offensive tackle Tony Pashos, who will fly to Jacksonville today to take a physical. The club also agreed to terms with one of its own players, giving kicker Josh Scobee a new five-year deal. "As long as the physical checks out we'll sign him today," Jags coach Jack Del Rio said of Pashos. Financial terms of the deals weren't disclosed. A fifth-year veteran, Pashos (6-6, 320 pounds) immediately becomes the club's starter at right tackle. He'll take over for Maurice Williams, who enters his seventh season. Williams and Khalif Barnes will compete for the start at left tackle. "He's a good, solid player; a stronger, bigger man that will give us a push in the run game and give us a firmer pocket," Del Rio said. "We feel like the other guys will compete and give us more production from the left-tackle position." Pashos started in all 16 games for the Ravens last season and started five games in 2005. Del Rio said the club is also in the midst of other negotiations, but declined to discuss specific details. Historically, the Jaguars don't bring in free agents for visits unless they're close to making a deal. The club tendered Scobee at the first-round level on Thursday to keep him from becoming an unrestricted free agent, before agreeing with him on a new deal a day later. "Josh did agree to a five-year deal," said Scobee's agent Ken Harris, who declined to discuss financial terms because the contract hasn't been signed.
